Rain-water cut-off.



EVE. BROTT.

' RAIN WATER GUT-OFF. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 5. 1909.

Patented July'20,1909.

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ERNEST E. BROTT, OF BURLINGTON, KANSAS.

RAIN-WATER GUT-OFF.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 5, 1909.

Patented July 20, 1909.

Serial No. 470,758.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNEST E. BROTT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Burlington, in the county of Cofley and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Rain-VVater Cut-Off, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to cut-offs for rain water spouts, and particularly to cut-ofis designed to automatically direct rain water through one out-flow pipe or another.

The object of my invention is to provide a cut-ofi by which the first flow of water from a roof may be directed down a waste pipe, thereby carrying off dust and dirt which may be lying on the roof and later to direct the rain waternow running cleaninto a cistern or water receptacle.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of my device, the casing being broken away; Fig. 2 is a fragmentary Vertical longitudinal section thereof.

My cut-off is carried within a casing 2, rectangular in form and having, on its upper side, the two hinged covers 3, located on either side of a transversal upstanding partition 4. The partition extends up from the bottom about two-thirds the height of the casing.

On one side of the partition the bottom of the casing has a waste outlet pipe, 6, and on the other side a cistern outlet pipe 7. The upper side of the casing, above the partition, has an inlet pipe 5, leading from the roof. Covering the mouth of the waste pipe 6, is a screen 8, of wire.

Mounted pivotally in the sides of the casing 2, is the tilting bucket 9, consisting of two end pieces, an upwardly and outwardly inclined side 11, and a divergently inclined bottom 10, which does not extend upward as The bucket is mounted at its ends in arms 12, bifurcated at their ends to engage with pintles, 13, inwardly projecting from the walls of the casing 2. It will be obvious that the pintles 13 might be attached to the arms 12, if desired and turn in the casing. It will be seen from Fig. 2 that these pintles are located to one side of and above the partition 4 on the cistern outlet side of the casing. The bottom 10 of the bucket is weighted as at 14, and thus the bucket is normally held as shown in Fig. 2, with the upper edge of the side 11, bearing against the top of the casing and the bottom of the inclined side of the bucketbearing against the upper edge of the partition, the bucket in this case acting as a chute to deflect the water entering pipe 5, into the waste outlet portion of the casing.

Pivotally attached to the rear face of the bucket side 11, are the hangers 15, which carry the swinging pan or receptacle 16, immediately beneath the side 11. The pan has in its bottom the leakage opening 17.

Near the lower edge of the side 1 1 is a spout 18, having a regulating valve therein of any desired character, this spout emptying into the pan 16. This spout is, of course, located below the level of t e upper edge of the bottom 10. At the lowest point of the bottom is provided a leakage opening, 19, of smaller diameter than the s out 18.

The operation 0 my device is evident from the foregoing. The first rush of water from the roof fiows down pi e 5 into the bucket 9, filling it to the leve of the upper edge of the bottom 10. A portion of the water will trickle through the spout 18, into the pan, 16, but the greater part thereof passes over the bottom and into the waste pipe 6.

The hole, 17, is, of course, smaller than the ,7

aperture of spout 18, and hence, the pan will gradually fill until at last it counterbalances the weight 14 on the bucket, and the bucket tips over until the edge of its bottom 10 contacts with the top of the casing. The bucket in this position acts as a chute, directing water into the cistern outlet 7. So long as the water continues to flow, so long will the water rushing down from the inlet pipe, keep the pan 16, full. When, however, the rain ceases, the water will gradually leak out of the pan, until the weight 14 counterbalances it, when the bucket will be returned to its normal position.

The special advantages of my construction lie in the fact that the pan is freely suspended immediately beneath the bucket, and cannot fail to fill, and keep filled with water, and that the construction is so simple that it can be easily made, easily repaired and cannot get out of order.

From the foregoing, it is thought that the construction, operation and many advantages of the herein described invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art without further description, and it will be understood that various changes in the size, shape, proportions and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is:

1. In an automatic cut-off for rain spouts, a casing, an inlet pipe in the upper end of said casing, an outlet waste pipe, and an outlet cistern pipe in the lower end of said casing, a transverse partition across the lower portion of the casing, between the two outlet pipes, a bucket pivoted in the casing and having upwardly and outwardly inclined sides, one of said sides being shorter than the other, the longer side of said bucket having an opening below the level of the shorter side thereof, a weight acting to hold the bucket in such position that its longer side will be directed upward to a position immediately beneath the inlet pipe, and a receptacle suspended from the longer side of said bucket above the cistern outlet pipe and beneath the opening through said bucket, said receptacle adapted, When filled, to turn the bucket to such position that its longer side is downwardly directing water into the cistern outlet pipe.

2. An automatic cut-off for rain water spouts, comprising a casing, an inlet pipe leading into the top of the casing, a waste water outlet pipe, a cistern outlet pipe in the lower portion of the casing, a partition between said outlets, a tipping bucket pivotally mounted in said casing, beneath the inlet pipe, said bucket having outwardly and upwardly inclined sides, one side being longer than the other and adapted to contact with the top of the casing in one position, a weight on the shorter side of the bucket holding the bottom in this position, a receptacle pivotally suspended from the longer side of the bucket, said receptacle having an opening in its bottom, and a spout extending through the larger wall of the bucket above said receptacle, said spout being provided with a regulating valve.

3. In an automatic cut-off for rain spouts, a casing, an inlet pipe in the upper end of said casing, an outlet waste pipe and an outlet cistern pipe in the lower end of said casing, a transverse partition across the lower portion of the casing between the two outlet pipes, said partition being arranged under but to one side of the center of the inlet pipe, a bucket pivoted in the casing at points parallel to but above and at one side of the partition, upwardly and outwardly inclined sides formed on the bucket, one of the sides being shorter than the other, the longer of said sides adapted when in one position to bear against the casing and the top of the partition, an opening formed in the longer side of the bucket and below the level of the shorter side thereof, a weight acting to hold the bucket in such position that its longer side will be directed upwardly to a position immediately beneath the inlet pipe, and a receptacle suspended from the longer side of said bucket above the cistern outlet pipe and beneath the opening through said bucket, said receptacle adapted when filled, to turn the bucket to such position that its longer side is downwardly directing Water into the cistern outlet pipe.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afliXed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ERNEST E. BROTT.

I/Vitnesses:

R. C. KRUEGER, R. R. LEFTWIOH. 

